Four prisoners escape from a prison. The prisoners, Mr. East, Mr. West, Mr. South, Mr. North head towards different directions after escaping. The following information of their escape was supplied:

The escape routes were North Road, South Road, East Road and West Road.

1. None of the prisoners took the road which was their namesake.
2. Mr. East did not take the South Road.
3. Mr.West did not the South Road.
4. The West Road was not taken by Mr. East.

What road did each of the prisoners take to make their escape?

(In reply to Dead easy by Sriram Krishnan)

LOL!!! And how, praytell would you find the answer using only the first two clues. I agree it wasn't a difficult answer to find, but I believe I can successfully argue that one needs more than the first two clues in order to solve it. Prove me wrong.

Posted by Stephen on 2006-11-14 01:36:27